2016-11-23 12:01:42 | pauls writes:

Car offered at:
www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/jaguar/xk-150/1893365.html

Sellers description:
Location: Maldon, Essex, United Kingdom

Jaguar Dark Blue with Grey hide, Dark Blue carpets and Dark Blue hood. Subject of total J.D. chassis off restoration to J.D. Sport specification 12 years ago. Upgrades include: JD Sport Touring specification engine. JD Sport 5 speed manual gearbox. J.D. Sport limited slip differential. J.D. Sport suspension. J.D. Sport rack and pinion power steering with 15" Moto-lita wooden steering wheel. 6 x 16" wide rim chromed wire wheels. J.D. Sport handmade exhaust manifold and exhaust system. J.D. wiring loom and alternator electrics. JD Aluminium radiator with electric cooling fan upgrade. Upgraded windscreen wiper motor. Full leather interior and Burr Walnut dashboard and door capping's. Inertia reel seat belts. Upgraded Kenwood sound system with Genesis Amplifier and iPod cradle. Only two owners since restoration, who covered less than 3700 miles. A Stunning driver's car.

Currently undergoing re-commissioning with JD Classics after long term storage.

2019-10-27 08:16:37 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 11/19

www.silverstoneauctions.com/events/2019-auctions/nec-classic-motor-show-sale-201 ...

Auction description:

Lot No. 251 - 1960 Jaguar XK150 3.8 DHC

Sold for: £151,875

Aluminium radiator, cooling fan upgrade, handmade exhaust, wiring loom, and alternator electrics 

Pleasurable long-distance tourer with inertia-reel belts, Kenwood sound system and iPod dock

Just totally ‘wows’ with its road and touring competence and will reward its new owner for years to come

Offered here is a stunning example of a JD Classics XK150 3.8 DHC, produced when they were at the absolute top of their game and assembled by world-class technicians. In addition to the full JD Classics restoration, it was optioned with just about every JD Sports upgrade that was available at the time. The specification includes the JD Sport five-speed gearbox, sports suspension, power-assisted rack and pinion steering, sixteen-inch by six-inch wide wire wheels, uprated wiring loom, alternator electrics, handmade exhaust, aluminium radiator and cooling fan upgrade, a limited-slip differential and upgraded wiper system.

Make no mistake, this is the best driving XK150 anywhere and is nicely settled-in having covered just six thousand miles from the initial build. It just totally ‘wows’ with its road and touring competence and will undoubtedly continue to reward its new owner for years to come as a direct result of the world-class level of engineering competence invested in this car’s build. We understand that this remarkable XK represents an investment of around a quarter of a million pounds and would not doubt that for a minute.

The car’s Heritage Certificate states the date of manufacture as February 1960 and informs us that it was a left-hand drive, personal export car originally registered 3860 DU for its first owner Mr J.M. Rice and delivered through Jaguar Cars, New York, USA before returning to the UK during January 2002.

Now finished in Indigo Blue with a light grey leather interior lifted by a Burr walnut dash and capping’s, topped by a dark blue mohair hood, cover and tonneau and sitting, all square, on sparkling chrome wire wheels. It's been fitted with a Kenwood sound system with a Genesis amplifier and an iPod carrier, and inertia-reel seat belts make this beautiful DHC XK150 a genuine long-distance driving proposition.

If you are seriously interested, this ultimate XK could be available for a test drive pre-auction. We cannot eulogise enough about the quality and driving experience and the standard of JD Sport products that certainly raised the whole restoration bar at the time.